Memorial Day Update

Well the house is coming right along. It officially has HVAC, plumbing is finished, framing is done, wood shingles have been applied to the exterior and and the windows are framed. That is the brand new highly efficient beautiful MARVIN wood windows!!!!

Of course the 10 windows that are 130 years old are a different story. They are being dismantled part by part by a window expert who calls himself the "window surgeon!" If I ever happen to swallow a bay window please do not call him! He has been what some would call, artistic. Me, I would call him the most goofy , unqualified , scatterbrained , incompetent person who ever became president. Oh...........sorry got a little off track Addison.

Well, back to the house, he "changed his mind" about fixing the equally old door ( stripping, repair the wood and paint), he also will fix the old windows but will not paint them? So it has been interesting to deal with him. I hired a new person, actually three new people to strip and paint the door, repair the wood on the doors and replace the incredibly old glass that currently resides in the door.

Other dissappointment, beside that fact the most of USA media are a bunch of clowns, would be that the gas lamp for the front of the house has been discontinued. The plumber, electrictian and the GC could not figure out how to install it without putting a hole in the house walls?

Ok, flash back, you know you all have them

Just thought I would review where it all started. Lots of progress has been made to date. The window rehaber just informed me he would not have time to do the doors. Those doors would be the 130 year old doors that are purple. Purple color was added when the house was used as a den of iniquity back a few years. It is said the cigar butts were Bill Clintons, I have called a popular purse maker to confirm, but, no call back yet. Oh, back to the doors, they have many coat of paint, some stain and are not in too good of shape. The GVGC requires repair and rehab for them. Maybe GL and the doors can go together.

Anyways, things are progressing. Framing done! Cement done! Next week, roofer, plumber, early electric, windows and something else Ben told me, I will get back to you. Many people are now looking at the progress. My neighbor from 3rd street saw me coming out of the home and started up a conversation. Eventually they asked what kind of "worker I was" or was I a "nosey neighbor?" I am well aware of my less than petite schnoz, but WTF!

Ok, I talked with the framers, ok I tried to talk with the framers

Well I stopped and "talked" to the framers, I said, "mi casa" they said soijp wirengppgnpa g gnoneragonr gnoargnapgnpgonpangn fnonwregfpfn fgnopgnp nf;rgfnapgpoeirgp gfn;agon. I said, its is a nice day, they said, "dhodhpbap dfnopwnf fvnpavon vnpag npagnr;dnpang dfvn vnpangpa og vn pgn poanpagnppanrgp pona[pgbaon"

Indy was very calm, although somewhat hungry. He took the opportunity to christen the interior of the addition. He actually hit the space where the sink is going to be! Ah, just like his daddy!

The German Village Society (intimately related to the commission) would like the property to be one of the 13 homes on the tour of homes for German Village. Yes, that is what I thought, LOL. Lets see, they didn't let me replace 130year old windows, put the garage where it should be, make a larger addition..... yadda yadda yadda. Now they would like me to support their fund raising? LOL , ouch, my side hurts. I do think they are smoking the same thing as obama supports.

Moving right along...........................

Well there has been alot of progress on the project. The cement has been poured and the framing is well underway. If I lived in Arizona there would be no one to pour the cement or frame the house. When I pull up to the job site I am not sure if I should order a chicken taco or call the Arizona Sheriffs office. Yes, stereotyping, profiling, yadda yadda yadda..... Go to your local builders, cementers, landscapers, favorite restaurants kitchen.............